November 7, 2022
Leading Wine Professionals Sign Letter Calling for Alternative Packaging: Jancis Robinson MW and Hugh Johnson OBE are among a group of leading UK wine writers who have signed an open letter calling for...
October 24, 2022
Napa County Grapples with Controversial State Fire Safe Standards: Napa County is deciding what revised state Minimum Fire Safe Regulations mean for winery and home construction in local hills, sparking...
October 4, 2022
Farmworkers, Napa-Sonoma Trade Groups React to New California Unionization Law: Advocates for farmworker rights in the North Coast are cheering a newly inked compromise in Sacramento that could make it...
August 22, 2022
Gabilan Mountains AVA Approved on the Central Coast: Straddling the slopes between Monterey and San Benito counties, from south of San Juan Bautista to east of Soledad, the roughly 30-mile-long appellation...
August 17, 2022
Plans to Rebuild After Wildfire Damages Rare Vines in Crete: Growers in Crete who saw old, pre-phylloxera vines severely damaged by wildfire are determined to rebuild and have been offered support from...
July 26, 2022
Cornell Partners with NYS to Fight the Spotted Lanternfly: The devastating spotted lanternfly's spread to upstate and western New York is not a matter of if, but when, experts say - and Cornell is a key...
July 12, 2022
July Brings a Mixed Bag of New State Alcohol Laws: California bartenders will need to be certified, while Virginians can now bring up to three gallons of booze across state lines...
July 5, 2022
Phelps Sale Shows Fine Wine Still Hot: If you want a statement about the strength of the luxury wine market, look no further than last week's purchase of Napa Valley's Joseph Phelps Vineyards by the French...
June 29, 2022
Many in the wine business are wondering how to properly protect their AI innovations. A few tried-and-true routes to safety include patents, copyrights and trademarks. By David McCombs, Eugene Goryunov,...
June 20, 2022
Cal/OSHA Safety Board Denies Monarch Tractor Petition to Modify Regulations Regarding Autonomous Tractor Use: Current California safety regulations under the California Department of Industrial Relations...